Join us on Friday, February 3rd (6:30p to 8:30p) to check out our student designers' prototypes for the Golden Hammer Awards. The past two weeks, mOb students have been tasked with redesigning the award given out at the Golden Hammer Awards, hosted this year by Historic Richmond and Storefront. See you there!
Miracle Needed
Storefront is seeking volunteers to propose a redesign the storefront of Miracles store in Church Hill. Do you have an idea for new signage, a color scheme or something to make this shop stand out?
Contact Adele (adele@storefrontrichmond.org) if you are a designer interested in this storefront improvement project.
Design plan for erosion control in Highland Park
Our neighbor in Highland Park, Ms Minor Young is in need of your landscaping and erosion engineering advice. This house has been in her family since the 1970s and is situated just at the edges of Richmond City and Henrico County. In the past year, the ravine in the backyard has begun encroaching on the house.
Storefront is seeking an architect or engineer to assist the property owner in developing a plan of action for her yard. She is also seeking a landscape architect who may aid her in identifying and replacing invasive species with new and native trees and shrubs.
Hungry for design volunteer opportunities?
STOREFRONT IS SEEKING AN ARCHITECT/INTERIOR DESIGNER TO UPDATE A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN
This Design Session is still available
A national meal-providing non-profit has $4000 to spend to update a community kitchen. They need to transition an existing space in a warehouse into a legal commercial kitchen as well as make the space versatile for cooking demonstrations, mass canning and fermentation projects, long term bulk food storage, collective food prep space for this non-profit organization with easy clean up.
They would like to complete this project as quickly as possible but with no specific timeline.
email Adele (adele@storefrontrichmond.org) for more information or your interest!
Richmond Trails Foundation Seeks Graphic Designer
**VOLUNTEER ASSIGNED**
The Richmond Trails Foundation is an organization that is dedicated to planning, developing, and maintaining Richmond's trails and greenways with the belief that "a robust trail network has been proven to improve the economic vitality of an area as well as the the health and well-being of the community." They are stewards of both natural and paved trail in the Richmond region. The RTF works with regional Parks and Rec Departments as well as other local organizations and hopes to fill in the gaps in support that these organizations need.
They are looking for a new identity: something simple, powerful, that communicates a love for trails and the access to fun, relaxation, and adventure that they provide. The design should consider a range of applications from web, print, apparel, stickers, etc.
For those designers interested, Storefront asks for 2 to 6 hours of your time to dedicate to this identity project. Help this trail stewardship organization develop a finalized design before May 2017!
Please contact Adele (adele@storefrontrichmond.org) with your interest.
HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE STRENGTHS? HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE NEEDS?
mObjOb8 Round-Up
mObjOb8 ended on Friday with an exhibition, a bridge, and a poster from each of the six teams. The Middle of Broad students (mObians) each suited up for the evening after a long night of model-making. Solutions across the interstate included a hill and vaulted ceiling, housing to replace the housing demolished by the infrastructure, and an amphitheater complete with a goldfish.
mObjOb8
Get ready for mObjOb8 happening all next week !!!
Students are imagining and modeling bridge concepts that heal the geographic, socioeconomic, and racial injustice of Interstate-95 running through Jackson Ward.
More discussions, solutions, and models to come throughout next week. 6 teams of students will work on a unique spanning proposal, culminating in an awarding of the mOb cup and a grand opening on November 4th, November First Friday in the Arts District.
Building Trust Through Understanding Cultural Identity
Improving Tummy Time: Designers Needed!
Can you help make play time portable and parent friendly?
The VCU Department of Physical Therapy is working on developing an innovative rehabilitation device that could be used in the home, therapy clinics and even daycares, to encourage infants to work on their prone motor abilities. However, there is a need to re-design the center to be more family friendly and portable.
This project is so important because the development of gross motor skills is vital to an infants development. The Department of Physical Therapy's new design encourages infants to participate in tummy time longer than current market play centers.
If you are a designer that would like to engage in the re-design please contact us at hello@storefrontrichmond.org!